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Dialogue, not a monologue, is the basis of all good communication. Stem cells are no exception. Recent University of Washington (UW) research has found an early indication of two-way cellular communication in the miniscule niches of the body where the futures of stem cells are determined.
Stem cells require these niches - nest-like microenvironments made up of regulatory cells -- in order to self-renew. Stem cells can divide and turn into many types of new cells. The niches help regulate the amount and kinds of new cells produced to meet current demands.
The niches also help maintain a supply of stem cells for later use. Inside your body, for example, there are separate niches for stem cells that will become blood, for cells that will become skin, and so on. Niches are places where your stem cells can replenish themselves and your tissue cells throughout your lifetime.
Problems in the niches can lead to diseases in the body. For example, if cell multiplication in a niche gets out of hand, cancer might form. A decline in cell production might contribute to the frailty of old age.
While a few stem-cell niches have been known for a long time, what's been harder to discover are the characteristics of the cells making up these niches and how they make it possible for stem cells to do their job. Signaling between cells in the niche plays a role in stem-cell upkeep and development. Most research has focused on the signaling of niche cells to stem cells.
"We looked at the possibility that two-way communication exists between stem cells and niche cells," said UW stem-cell niche researcher Hannele Ruohola-Baker, professor of biochemistry and a member of the UW Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine. "Demonstrating that stem cells can contribute to niche function has far-reaching consequences for stem-cell therapies and may provide insight on how cancer might spread throughout the body via populations of cancer stem cells."
Ruohola-Baker added that stem cells hold high hope in regenerative medicine: tapping into the ways cells repair the body to create therapies to fix or replace injured tissues. She mentioned that it is thought that most, if not all, adult tissues contain stem cells.
Through self-renewing division," she explained, "stem cells replenish the stem cell pool. They also produce progeny that change into other, specialized cells. Importantly, stem cells have the capacity to divide throughout the life of an organism. They do so through regulated external stimuli that may initiate from stem cells. This regulation of cell division needs to be tightly controlled." Too little division results in poor maintenance of tissues, while too much can result in tumors or other malignancies.
Her lab used the germline stem cell niche, found in the ovaries of fruit flies, as a model system. The production of fruit fly eggs depends on the presence of a renewable source of stem cells in the ovary of the adult fruit fly.
Inside the fruit fly ovary are structures called germarium which contain tiny cradles made of cap cells that nurture stem cells. Each such cradle contains two to three stem cells preparing to become fly eggs that are cuddled in a niche composed of three to six cap cells. Cap cells adhere to stem cells and this close contact may allow cap cells to play critical roles in communicating with stem cells.
The research team looked at a kind of signaling that usually depends on direct contact between cells, called the Notch pathway. The Notch protein is like a trigger poking out of a cell that can activate a mechanism inside the cell. When this trigger is pulled by proteins, called Delta and Serrate, from another cell, proteins are freed inside the cell to travel to the cell nucleus and turn on various genes.
According to Ruohula-Baker, the Notch pathway plays an important role in many stem-cell niches, including those in the blood system, gut, breasts, and muscles. However, in many cases it hasn't been clear which cells send and which ones receive the signaling protein.
The UW researchers analyzed the role of the Notch signaling pathway in both the stem cells and the cap cells. They found that either an increased production of Delta protein in the stem cells, or the presence of activated Notch protein in niche cells, resulted in up to 10 times the normal number of niche cells. These extra niche cells in turn resulted in a larger population of stem cells.
On the other hand, when stem cells don't produce functional Delta protein, they cease to be stem cells and soon leave the niche. The researchers also found that the receiving end for the Notch pathway, the trigger, is required in the niche cells, making them receivers of signals, not just senders. Work by other scientists had shown that TCF-beta signaling from niche cells is required to maintain active stem cells.
"Our study now shows that stem cells use the Notch pathway to signal to neighboring cells to maintain an active niche, and in turn, the niche induces and maintains the fate of the stem cells," Ruohola-Baker noted. "This is a first indication of a dialogue taking place between the stem cells and the niche that supports them. It is tempting to speculate that maybe multiple potential niches exist for stem cells in our bodies that can be turned on to action when signaling stem cells are in the neighborhood. It may very well be that the power of cancer cells to spread comes from this natural ability of stem cells to make a home when in a hospitable environment. We all need a home, and stem cells with their strong survival instinct are active homebuilders."
The study will appear in the Dec. 5 issue of Current Biology, but is already online at the journal Web site. The research was supported by grants from the American Heart Association, the National Institutes of Health, and the American Cancer Society.
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I love these babies! I am so proud that I resisted to urge to buy them ready made! & it worked out alot cheaper in the end too! Win, win! ^_^
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Skirt: New Look
Tights: Primark
I saw it in my wardrobe the other day & I remembered how much I loved the sweetheart neckline & thought it would be a waste if I didn't DIY it in some way or another. Anyway, I took my trusty scissors to it, a new zip & a bit of trim later it was transformed it into a lovely new bustier top!
I am really happy with how it has turned out & I am going to get so much more wear out of it now its a top rather than a dress.
What do you think? Did you like it better as a dress or do you prefer my DIY?
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Jumpsuit originally AX Paris @ New Look
I bought the jumpsuit about a year ago & I have only worn it a few times. I mostly bought it because I liked the print, I wasn't too keen on the idea of wearing a 3/4 jumpsuit, but never the less I still wore it. But you know me & my obsession with shorts! I couldn't resist & I finally gave it the chop & made it into a playsuit. I feel like it is much more 'me' now. It was pretty easy to DIY to be honest, all I did was cut the shorts to the length I wanted them & hemmed them.
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Dance of Death: Sundance Worships Abortionist Involved In Botched Abortion
Sundance glorified adultery, porn, and sex with minors during the 2013 Sundance Festival, but now another topic received excruciating recognition: death.
Two weeks ago, Jennifer Leigh Morbelli died at the hands of LeRoy Carhart, one of the four remaining United States "doctors" who performs third-trimester abortions. Morbelli sought a 33-week abortion in Germantown, Md., after learning her baby suffered from a medical condition. Morbelli passed away "… due to immense blood loss and hemorrhagic shock" after being revived several times by a medical team, according to the Catholic News Agency. Carhart was "nowhere to be found" when hospital staff and Morbelli's family tried to reach him for assistance, the story reported.
Carhart, was one of the four third-trimester abortion doctors in Sundance's featured documentary "After Tiller," directed by Lana Wilson and Martha Shane. This film provided a new perspective – "an intimate look into each of the four physicians' private and professional struggles" as they "force us to step into the shoes of both practitioner and patient."
Sundance justified the film, explaining, "After Tiller sensitively and artfully extricates the controversy from the ideological realm and humanizes those who have been demonized." The four doctors have been carrying the torch from their deceased colleague, Dr. George Tiller. Rather than being "murderers" – as that pro-life crowd calls them – the film portrayed them as "saints" who follow a passion to aid women.
Demonized? Those who criticized a man who murders babies old enough for birth; those who prayed for the end to a clinic where both mothers and babies die; those who called out a man who disappears when needed by his victim at a hospital? Sundance calls it demonizing. That's not demonizing, that's calling for justice.
Still not convinced of Carhart as champion? In his Kansas facility, he utilized an incinerator, blowing the remains of unwanted children to the wind. He did show a liking for older children though: for last year's Halloween, his staff handed away condoms and contraception as treats.
Sundance has been no stranger to the grotesque, but its dance of death proves it: the festival has no limit on the perverse and the immoral.


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Nearly two decades after releasing her 'My Life' album, Mary J. Blige is prepping the follow-up later this year and despite the name, she says the content is totally different.
On 'My Life II: The Journey Continues' the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul says fans can expect the same passionate vocals that she's become famous for, but Blige, now 40 years old and married, is more equipped to deal with obstacles that come her way. "I would say I've learned that trials and tribulations will continue to stand but the beauty is I know how to deal with navigating [through] them now," she tells the BoomBox. "As long as you're living, you're going to have [to deal with] life."
While production and writing credits include Alicia Keys, Swizz Beatz, Bangladesh and DJ Premier, Blige says that she will keep guest features light as she narrows down tracks for the final project. "Right now, we don't have any features except for Fabulous," she reveals.
The original 'My Life' was released in 1994, and featured the hit singles, 'Be Happy' and 'I'm Going Down.' Executive produced by Sean "Diddy" Combs, the album peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard album charts selling 200,000 copies in its first week.
'My Life II: The Journey Continues' hits stores Oct. 4.
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Last night in the Luntz panel after the Fox debate, Luntz seemed taken aback that his panel of voters largely viewed the Obama Administration as socialist.Only effete intellectuals keen on nuancing socialism could disagree at this point. As socialism is commonly understood, i.e. spreading the wealth around through government intervention, Barack Obama is a socialist and his administration is a socialist administration.So it is no surprise that we are learning Craig Becker, a Presidential appointee to the National Labor Relations Board and a key player in screwing Boeing for moving the 787 assembly line to South Carolina, has a paper trail of socialist views going all the way back to college.The Daily Caller has uncovered some of Becker's old law review articles in which he advocates the government controlling the flow of capital.In essence, as Fred Wszolek of the Workforce Fairness Institution told the Daily Caller, we have a member of Barack Obama's NRLB "believes that the United States should somehow control or restrain the freedom of capital, or that the mobility of capital not being under 'popular control' is somehow a threat to Big Labor."Make no mistake about it — the Obama Administration is a socialist administration and it is pushing to be an authoritarian administration as it passes executive order after executive order designed to punish its enemies and reward its friends with government contracts.
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Privacy Policy
The Information Practices Act (IPA) provides guidelines to assure fair treatment of individuals who are the subjects of state agency records. The IPA places specific requirements on state agencies in the collection, use, maintenance, and dissemination of personal information about individuals. With specific exceptions, individuals may review, obtain copies, request amendments and corrections, and dispute information pertaining to them in state records. Specific policy guidelines for the proper administration of the IPA's provisions are as follows:
Commission employees responsible for the operation, disclosure, or maintenance of records containing personal information shall follow the rules of conduct for the proper administration of the IPA's provisions. The rules of conduct are as follows (Section 1798.20, IPA):
- All Commission employees responsible for the collection, maintenance, use and dissemination of personal information about individuals shall comply with the provisions of the Information Practices Act, Civil Code Section 1798, et seq. Personal information is defined as information that identifies or describes an individual, including, but not limited to, his or her name, Social Security Number, physical description, home address, home phone number, education, financial matters and medical or employment history.
- Commission employees shall not require individuals to disclose personal information which is not necessary and relevant to the lawful State function for which the employee is responsible.
- Commission employees shall only disclose personal information, maintained by the Commission, to those individuals or government entities to whom the release of this information is authorized, as defined under the conditions of disclosure.
- Commission employees shall keep an accurate record of the disclosures of personal information authorized in #3 above, which shall include the individual's and institution's names, title, date, nature and purpose the information was disclosed.
- Commission employees shall assist individuals who seek information on accessing records pertaining to themselves in making their inquiry sufficiently specific and descriptive so as to facilitate locating the records requested.
- Commission employees shall make every reasonable effort to see that inquiries and access requests, by individuals, for their personal records are responded to within 30 days of receipt of request of active records and 60 days of receipt of request for inactive records that have been archived.
- Commission employees shall not disclose personal information relating to individuals for their own interest or advantage. The intentional violation of this policy shall be cause for disciplinary action, including dismissal, and possible civil action for invasion of privacy.
- Commission employees responsible for maintaining records which contain personal information shall take all necessary precautions to assure that proper administrative, technical and physical safeguards are established and followed, in order to protect the confidentiality of records containing personal information and to assure that such records are not disclosed to unauthorized individuals or entities.
Whenever the Commission collects personal information, the Commission must maintain the source or sources of the information. Commission shall also maintain the source or sources of information in a readily accessible form, so as to be able to provide it to the data subject when they inspect any record pursuant to Section 1798.34 (Section 1798.16, IPA).
Commission employees, who have responsibilities for safeguarding personal information, must take all precautionary measures to ensure that all records containing personal information are kept in a secure area or in locked storage equipment and that access is restricted to only those employees who must have access in order to perform their assigned duties (Section 1798.21, IPA).
Commission employees may not disclose any personal information in a manner which would link the information to the individual to whom it pertains (Section 1798.3, IPA). Examples of personal information are:
- Name
- Home address and/or home telephone number
- Social Security Number
- Medical or employment history
- Physical description
- Financial information
- Records marked (stamped, etc.) "confidential"
Commission employees may disclose personal information to the public under any of the following criteria (Section 1798.24, IPA):
- To the individual to whom the information pertains;
- With the prior written, voluntary consent of the individual to whom the information pertains, but only in the time limit agreed to by the individual in the written consent;
- To the duly appointed guardian or conservator of the individual, provided it can be proven with reasonable certainty such person is the authorized representative of the individual;
- To those officers, employees, attorneys, agents, or volunteers of the Commission or institution, if the disclosure is relevant and necessary in the ordinary course of the performance of their official duties, and it is related to the purpose for which the information was acquired;
- To a governmental entity when required by state or federal law;
- Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, Chapter 3.5;
- To a person who has provided the institution with advance, adequate, written assurance that the information will be used solely for statistical research or reporting purposes, when the information to be disclosed is in a form that will not identify any individual;
- To any person pursuant to a subpoena court order, or other compulsory legal process, if, before the disclosure, the institution reasonably attempts to notify the individual to whom the information pertains, and if the notification is not prohibited by law;
- To any person pursuant to a search warrant;
- To a law enforcement or regulatory agency when required for an investigation of unlawful activity or for licensing, certification, or regulatory purposes, unless the disclosure is otherwise prohibited by law;
- To the Office of Information Practices when the information is necessary for that office to investigate a complaint it has received regarding an alleged violation or to perform its mediation functions.
The Commission must maintain a record of each disclosure of personal information to an individual and institution outside of the Commission. The record must contain: 1) date of disclosure, 2) nature and purpose of disclosure, 3) name of person and institution to whom information is disclosed, and 4) business address of the person to whom information is disclosed (Section 1798.25, IPA) (see Attachment 1).
Commission must retain records of disclosures for three years or until the record containing the personal information is destroyed, whichever is shorter (Section 1798.27, IPA).
The Commission will charge an agency fee of ten cents per page to an authorized individual or institution for making copies of a record (Section 1798.33, IPA).
The Commission has the responsibility to coordinate and respond, in writing, within 30 days from receipt, to all written inquiries for access to, and amendment of, or correction of, Commission records by the subject individual. The Commission is required to review all written requests for access, amendment or correction of Commission records and approve, or deny, such requests within 30 days from receipt of the request.
If the Commission denies the request for access, amendment or correction of Commission records, the Commission must provide the reason for the denial and the procedures for the individual to request for a review (Sections 1798.34 – 1798.36, IPA).
The Commission employees who intentionally disclose information, not otherwise public, which they know or should reasonably know was obtained from personal information, maintained by the Commission, may be subject to a civil action for invasion of privacy by the individual to whom the information pertains (P.L. 93-579) (Section 1798.53, IPA).
The Commission is required to inform an individual whose social security number is requested by the Commission, whether disclosure is mandatory or voluntary, by what statutory authority the number is solicited, and what it will be used for. The Commission is prohibited from denying an individual any right, benefit or privilege, provided by law, based on that individual's refusal to disclose his or her social security number (P.L. 93-579).
The Commission is required to identify all record systems which contain personal information and submit a report to the Office of Information Practices, which identifies all new record systems, and all changes to existing record systems, containing personal information (Sections 1798.9, 1798.10, IPA).
The primary source of information for this Policy Memo comes from the publication, "The Information Practices Act of 1977," published by the California Office of Information Practices, 1986. If there are any inconsistencies between the above-noted publication and the official Information Practices Act of 1977, the Act shall be controlling. If you have any questions regarding this policy memo, please direct your questions to your manager or the Commission's Information Security Officer.
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Iron supplements may boost female physical performance: Meta-analysis
Supplements of iron were associated with increases both maximal and sub-maximal exercise performance, as demonstrated by increases in oxygen consumption (VO2 max) and a lower heart rate, respectively, according to findings published in the Journal of Nutrition.
"These benefits are clearest in iron-deficient and trained women," wrote the authors from the University of Melbourne (Australia), the University of Oxford (UK), The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, the University of Adelaide (Australia), Monash Health (Australia), and The Micronutrient Initiative (Canada).
"Our findings have implications for clinical management of patients, nutritional optimization for athletes, and rationale and design of public health anemia control programs. These results also begin to define the physiologic deficits induced by iron deficiency.
"To our knowledge, this is the first published meta-analysis to provide evidence of beneficial effects of iron supplementation on physical performance."
Iron and physical performance
Iron deficiency is a risk for many women of reproductive age, explained the authors, because of menstrual blood losses. "Female athletes are at particular risk," they wrote, "because of diets deficient in iron, increased losses due to gastrointestinal bleeding, and reduced iron absorption due to subclinical inflammation."
Data from both animal and human studies have suggested that low iron levels can impair physical exercise performance.
Almost half a billion non-pregnant women are anemic around the world, with 50% of this anemia thought to be responsive to iron
In order to investigate if iron supplementation can affect exercise performance in women of reproductive age, the authors performed a systematic review and meta-analysis. Scientific databases were searched for eligible trials, and the identified 22 with extractable data.
Results showed that iron supplements were associated with both an increase in maximal oxygen consumption (VO2 max) and lower heart rates.
"Our findings indicate that prevention and treatment of iron deficiency could improve performance in female athletes who compete in a wide range of sports requiring either or all of endurance, maximal power output, and strength," they wrote. "The magnitude of increase in relative VO2 max from iron [0.82–3.88 mL/(kg.min)] is in the range of improvements that can be achieved by exercise training."
"Improvements in physical performance from iron supplementation may extend to broader benefits. For example, [one study from China] showed that female cotton-mill workers randomly assigned to take iron experienced improved productivity and earnings and also had reduced [heart rate] during work compared with women in the control group," they added.
"Given the beneficial effect from iron supplementation in women in whom baseline iron or anemia status was not measured, our data support, in populations in which iron deficiency and anemia are highly prevalent, implementation of public health measures to alleviate the burden of iron deficiency (such as daily or intermittent iron supplementation, staple food fortification, and deworming) and, in settings in which iron deficiency is less prevalent, clinical measures to prevent, detect, and treat iron deficiency in individuals at risk, especially athletes."
Source: Journal of Nutrition
Published online ahead of print, doi: 10.3945/jn.113.189589
"Iron Supplementation Benefits Physical Performance in Women of Reproductive Age: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis"
Authors: S-R. Pasricha, M. Low, J. Thompson, A. Farrell, L-M. De-Regil


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TALLAHASSEE — Property insurance reform was nowhere to be found among Gov. Rick Scott's "legislative priorities" during this year's lawmaking session in Tallahassee.
But even as Scott pushed publicly for lawmakers to pass bills on car insurance reform, job creation incentives and education funding, he was working behind the scenes on another significant project: a massive overhaul of Citizens Property Insurance Corp.
The goal? Shrink Citizens drastically without involving the Legislature, which historically has set policy guidelines for the state-run insurer.
"We have to have real solutions, and I, along with everybody else up here, we expect the Citizens board to find them," Scott told then-Citizens president Scott Wallace during a meeting of the Florida Cabinet last November.
Wallace had told Scott and other members of the Cabinet that Citizens would need "guidance" from the Legislature in order to make major headwinds. Scott did not address the request, instead telling Wallace and the board to "solve the problem by June of next year before the next hurricane season."
Wallace resigned a month later, and was replaced by Tom Grady, Scott's neighbor and political ally.
In the months since that tense meeting and Grady's appointment, Citizens' eight-member board has intensified an unprecedented campaign to remake the state-owned insurer in ways typically reserved for the Legislature. For homeowners, it has meant drastic rate hikes, reduced coverage and a rapidly changing insurance marketplace. The insurer recently unveiled — and ultimately abandoned — a plan to unilaterally stop applying the Legislature's 10 percent cap on rate increases to new customers.
Grady — who supported the plan despite significant public outcry — was forced out by the board in June.
"To comply with their marching orders from Tallahassee, the board is looking for any way possible to raise rates that they can without going before the Legislature," said Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, implying that the governor's office is directing Citizens from behind the scenes. "They've gone way beyond what they should be dealing with."
Scott did not respond to a request for comment.
Aside from Fasano and a few other elected officials, most lawmakers have remained on the sidelines as the Citizens board has taken on more responsibility and pushed insurance costs higher.
The governor's decision to reform Citizens without involving the Legislature reflects many of the political realities of governing in Florida during an election year.
Several lawmakers in Scott's own party have openly disagreed with the governor and other Republicans over property insurance, a contentious pocketbook issue for voters.
Despite an overwhelming Republican majority in the Florida Legislature, lawmakers have had a hard time reaching a consensus on property insurance reform, which many see as a political minefield in an election year.
In some parts of the state, voting to raise Citizens' insurance rates can be tantamount to political suicide, and several candidates for office are already facing negative campaign ads highlighting their insurance-related votes.
In the Tampa Bay area, a political group has sent out mailers bashing Rep. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, for a vote he cast in favor of a controversial bill to allow unregulated companies to take over Citizens policies.
Brandes, a Senate candidate, is facing a tough primary race against fellow Republican Jim Frishe of St. Petersburg. The ad features a frustrated man reading an insurance bill and slams Brandes for voting for a measure that would potentially raise rates on unsuspecting homeowners.
"Who's he kidding?" reads the mailer. "Jeff Brandes claims he's for us. But he would put Bay-area homeowners at greater risk while Big Insurance pockets more profits."
Citizens' board — with the blessing of Scott — has been moving to sidestep that kind of political infighting by simply enacting sweeping policy changes on its own.
"I hope you agree with me as an observer that the legislative process is extremely unpredictable," John Rollins, a board member appointed by Scott, told the rest of the board in November. "We should agree on a package of things we can do absent of the Legislature but with the help of the (Financial Services Commission)."
The Legislature created Citizens 10 years ago to be the insurer of last resort, and elected officials have been responsible for most of the major initiatives at the state-run company. In 2007, when a struggling Citizens needed major reform, lawmakers convened a special session to address property insurance issues. Lawmakers voted to overhaul Citizens and temporarily ban all rate increases, and later placed a 10 percent cap on annual rate increases.
But because of several policy changes recently enacted by Citizens' board, that 10 percent cap has not stopped homeowners from seeing premium increases of 50 percent to 100 percent this year.
Earlier this year, the board unveiled a plan to stop applying the 10 percent cap to new customers, allowing rates to increase more aggressively for those who join Citizens next year.
Some lawmakers who enacted the 10 percent cap were outraged by Citizens' plan, and bashed the insurer for not seeking legislative approval.
Carlos Lopez-Cantera, the Republican majority leader from Miami, tongue-lashed the Citizens board for creating the perception that it can overrule lawmakers' actions.
"This board may not agree with the policies that come out of the Legislature, but they are the law, whether you agree with them or not," Lopez-Cantera said during a contentious July meeting with the board.
At least two South Florida lawmakers promised to file a bill next year to block Citizens from removing the cap.
Lacasa, in an interview, denied allegations that the board had overstepped its boundaries.
"There's absolutely no way that we are attempting to bypass the Legislature," he said. "Because that would be contrary to the laws that govern us."
Some lawmakers have shown support for Citizens as it tries to raise rates and shrink in size. In June, 25 state lawmakers wrote an open letter in support of Citizens' efforts to raise its rates and shrink its rolls.
"We understand and share the desire for lower homeowner's insurance rates," the group of 22 state representatives and three state senators wrote. "However, Floridians who are currently paying full-price for their insurance in the private market don't deserve to pay a subsidy for those on Citizens."
Most of the lawmakers who signed the letter are Republicans from inland parts of North and Central Florida.
More and more, the political divide over Citizens is taking place not across political parties, but between geographical regions. Politicians from inland communities complain they are subsidizing wealthy coastal dwellers, and those in South Florida say high insurance rates at Citizens are slamming their constituents, who have no other options.
"The problem we're having is a civil war mentality between the North and the South," said Rep. Frank Artiles, R-Miami. "The North doesn't want to subsidize the South, but the South pays the taxes for everything else."
With the debate intensifying, a showdown in the state Legislature next year is likely.
But before the Legislature can act, dozens of changes enacted unilaterally by Citizens board this year will take hold, leaving customers with higher premiums and reduced coverage.
Toluse Olorunnipa can be reached at email@example.com and on Twitter @ToluseO


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Two months ago millions of Indians were shaken up by a mass anti-piracy action.
Internet providers all across the country blocked access to major BitTorrent sites such as The Pirate Bay and Torrentz.eu after a local court issued a so-called John Doe order.
The order wasn't targeted at a specific site or ISP but gave the copyright holder carte blanche to demand broad blockades, which they did. In response, Internet providers, government websites and media companies were targeted in DDoS attack reprisals by "Anonymous" groups.
The blockades were eventually lifted with the Madras High Court ruling that Internet providers can no longer be asked to ban entire sites. With that, millions of Indians were able to access their favorite sites again. In future, copyright holders will have to specify the exact URLs where their content is being made available.
This is where the Indian anti-piracy group Copyright Labs comes in again. The group, who previously demanded site-wide blocks, switched to contacting owners of file-sharing sites with the request to remove specific URLs.
However, a certain "Anonymous" group took exception to this new strategy and let this be known in an unusual way.
Earlier this week the owner of BitSnoop, one of the largest BitTorrent sites on the Internet, received more than a dozen emails from Copyright Labs. The emails in question (see screenshot at the bottom of this article) did not include the usual links, but a special message from "Anonymous."
Here's an excerpt taken from one of the the emails:
… The URLs where our copyrighted material is located include:
Kudos to SFLC for following it up and trying to find out how the HC order was misused by ISPs and CopyrightLabs
We are Anonymous you should have expected us
best of luck sorting thousands of mails
Get a life
Nobody watches those fucking movies anyway they are flop
You are hated all over the internet
With enough soap you can blow just about anything
You are requested to remove this infringing material from your website immediately and not copy it and not make it available to other websites or viewers. …
Somehow, the person who gained access to the Copyright Labs web server managed to replace the takedown URLs with their message. Using the Anonymous handle the hacker(s) point out that they disapprove of Copyright Labs' anti-piracy efforts.
This message was sent in hundreds, if not thousands of emails to various website owners. Needless to say, BitSnoop's owner wasn't pleased with the bogus takedown emails, and he sent the following reply to Copyright Labs.
Your email is blacklisted, don't bother sending any more.
We don't care if you were hacked or whatever – not our job to read this crap.
This left the Indian anti-piracy group with no other option than to apologize.
In their reply the anti-piracy group asks for forgiveness while noting that the BitTorrent site has always been very helpful.
Dear Sir,
Our apologies for the confusion caused. Our system was hacked. BitSnoop has been great support to us always with speedy responses. We request u to kindly accept our apologies and support us as always.
Best Regards
Copyright Labs
It's interesting to see that Copyright Labs is so fond of BitSnoop, because a letter obtained by the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) clearly shows that the group demanded the site to be taken down in April, along with 271 other sites.
How much damage Anonymous has done to Copyright Labs' server is unknown, but its website has been unreachable for days. At the time of publication the Copyright Labs site is still displaying a "down for maintenance" notice.
The email conversation


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Cinnamon Raisin Bread
Jul 12th, 2008 by SteveB
If I had to choose one bread whose aroma while baking consistently makes my mouth water, it would have to be cinnamon raisin bread. Unlike baguettes or pan de campagne, which are made from lean doughs (i.e., doughs with little or no fat), cinnamon raisin bread is made from a rich dough. The fat used here is butter (in this case, about 20% in baker's percentage) and it gives the cinnamon raisin bread its distinctive soft crumb and luxurious texture.
The percentage of fat�in a�dough is usually the determining factor in deciding when during the mixing process that fat�is incorporated.� As a general rule, if the fat�is 5% or greater than the total flour weight, the fat�should be�added to the dough after most of the gluten has been�developed;�less than 5% and the fat can be added at the beginning of mixing with the other ingredients.� Since our dough contains 20% butter,�it is incorporated towards the end of the mixing process.
The�following�formula is a modification of one given to me by a very generous friend�who also happens to be a professional artisan�bread baker.��One of these days, despite his modesty, he might even let me thank him on this blog by name!
- 185 g�King Arthur All-Purpose Flour
- 185 g�Water
- 1/16 tsp.�Instant Yeast
Final Dough
- 380 g�King Arthur All-Purpose Flour
- 40 g Medium Rye Flour
- 40 g Whole Wheat Flour
- 370 g�(all of the above) Poolish
- 240 g Water
- 13 g Instant Milk Powder
- 1 3/4 tsp. Instant Yeast
- 15 g Salt
- 30 g Sugar
- 90 g Butter
- 140 g Raisins
- Cinnamon Sugar (1:4 mixture of cinnamon:sugar), as needed
The evening prior to baking, mix the ingredients of the poolish to a temperature of 70�F and allow to ferment overnight at 70�F until mature, about 12 hours.� The same evening, add enough water to�the raisins to cover and allow them to plump up�overnight.
The next morning, add the mature poolish to the white, rye and whole wheat flours,�instant yeast, milk powder, salt,�and sugar.� Mix in�enough of the water (in my case, all 240 g were used) to make a loose, shaggy dough.� Mix by hand�(Musings on Mixing…) until the gluten is moderately developed, about 10-15 minutes.� Fold in the softened butter and continue hand mixing.��When the butter begins to get incorporated into the dough, the dough will start to�shred.� To borrow a phrase from�The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, "Don't Panic!."� Continued mixing will bring the dough back together into a smooth, supple consistency.
Once the dough is reconstituted, fold in the drained raisins and then let the dough ferment in a lightly oiled, covered container, for 1 hour at 72�F. Halfway through this first fermentation, fold the dough as shown:[qt:http://breadcetera.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/Folding.MOV 500 375]
After the first fermentation, divide the dough into two pieces and lightly round both pieces. Let the dough pieces rest, under a plastic sheet, for 15 minutes. Begin forming the loaves by rolling out each dough piece into an oblong shape.
Brush with melted butter to prevent the layers from separating during baking.
Spread a thin layer of cinnamon sugar over the buttered dough. Leave a small border around the edges of the dough so that the dough can be sealed after rolling.
Beginning at the far side, roll-up the dough, all the while maintaining tension at the surface of the dough.
Place the rolled-up dough into lightly greased loaf pans and lightly tamp down the ends.
Cover the loaf pans with Saran QuickCovers and allow to ferment a second time for 1 hour at 78�F. The loaves are then scored down the middle and baked in a 350�F oven for 50 minutes, with steam being supplied during the first 10 minutes of baking.� After removal from the oven, the loaves are allowed to cool, then brushed on top with melted butter and lightly sprinkled with cinnamon sugar.


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First Look: Lohan's 'Anger Management'
Before she begins her court mandated rehab stint, Lindsay Lohan filmed a guest spot for Charlie Sheen's FX comedy, Anger Management, and now you can get the first look at the actress in a crazy costume!
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In the episode (slated to air this April), Lohan's character develops a romantic relationship with Sheen's after becoming his therapy patient.
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Earlier today, ET exclusively interviewed Sheen about the actress, and he told our Rob Marciano, "I think she seems a lot more focused now than she was five, six months ago. There is a reason that I root for [her], because we fell in love with this little girl that was just an absolute genius and had this great light about her and that's still there. You can't extinguish that. I root for her because when you're that talented it just doesn't go away. Sometimes your appetites get in the way."
Check out some new BTS footage of the two filming!
Anger Management airs Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. on FX, and the two can also be seen in Scary Movie 5, opening April 12.


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In Cowboy Bebop, after the battle on the monorail, Spike is thrown off and almost dies. When he revives he says that Vincent and him have similar souls and that he must confront him.
Why is this so? What qualities do Vincent and Spike share for him to say such a statement?


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Across the nation, overachieving high school students have been halted in their admission-seeking tracks. All early applicants to Cooper Union's School of Art have been notified that, in fact, the school won't accepting early applicants for the 2013-2014 school year after all. Of course, there's a reason why the school is singling out potential art students: the School of Art is the only Cooper Union department to publicly issue a statement condemning the Board's plan to potentially institute tuition for the first time in the school's history. The school's other two colleges, Engineering and Architecture, have issued no statement on the matter.
Current students and faculty are none too happy with this news, and today, they're holding a press conference and rally to voice their dismay. Here's how to meet up with the Cooper Union community:
Deferred Early Decision Applicant Press Conference
Wed. February 20, 2013, 1 pm
Cooper Union's Foundation Building.
7 East 7th St., New York, NY


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June 2002
For Immediate Release
Office of the First Lady
June 13, 2002
Mrs. Bush's Remarks at Katherine Anne Porter House Dedication
As Delivered
Kyle, Texas
Thank you. President Supple, Mayor Adkins, Mr. (Paul) Porter, Tim and Meredith O'Brien, distinguished guests.
Today we celebrate a great honor -- the designation of the Lone Star State's second National Literary Landmark, the Katherine Anne Porter House.
I was in Austin for Texas' first Landmark Award, the dedication of another "Porter" house that of William S. Porter, whom we know, of course, as O. Henry.
What a pleasure it is for this former librarian and Katherine Anne Porter fan to unveil the plaque on behalf of the Katherine Anne Porter board and the citizens of Texas.
Bill and Kate Johnson and the Burdine Johnson Foundation; Curt and Heidi Engelhorn and the Angel Foundation; Tom Grimes; and Preservation Associates, Incorporated, of Kyle; you and others - have worked for months and years to preserve this landmark and make this day possible.
Thanks to you, this house now stands as a living memorial to one of our beloved and best storytellers. Katherine Anne Porter captured the essence of life - and our imaginations -- in brilliant writings.
In many ways, the stories that come from her home place are love stories. They capture the elements of any true love: beauty and ugliness; hope and resignation; sorrow and joy. In reading these stories, we come to appreciate the Texas of her youth, and in writing them, the author must have come to terms with it.
Were it not for Katherine Anne Porter's enormous talent and those who worked so hard to bring her little house back to life, this homestead may never have found its way into the national spotlight.
There is so much more to this house than its remains. This is a corner of Katherine Anne Porter's imagination, and we are in it.this was a lifelong scene in her mind's eye, and how lucky we are to be trespassers here.
She called this porch a gallery- in her words, "a wonderful venue for repose and conversation and iced tea and tall frosted beakers of mint julep (for the men, of course)."
This porch may seem disappointing when compared to her written memories of it, but what matters more than these surroundings is the immortal spirit of the little girl who grew up here.
In Old Mortality, she wrote, "We are drawn and held here by the mysterious love of the living. The visible remains are nothing.they are dust and perishable as the flesh, but their living memory is enchanting."
And, twenty-two years after Katherine Anne Porter's death, we continue to celebrate her life and works with this National Literary Landmark designation, and this house will open the house to writers, teachers and students from the new Katherine Anne Porter Young Writers Program, who will study her works and try their own hands at the trade.
Who knows - maybe this house will be the birthplace of another Texas legend. Time will tell.
Congratulations to Southwest Texas State University, the city of Kyle, and everyone who helped bring this prestigious award home to Center Street. Thank you.
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As wildfires continue to increase in both duration and severity, wildland–urban interface becomes an increasingly important subject in communities across the Pacific Northwest. Klamath County is no exception to this statement and, consequently, a number of actions have been taken by county officials to address the threat of wildfires to communities within the area. One such action was the development of the Klamath County Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP).
Originally developed in 2007, the Klamath County CWPP was compiled to support the planning efforts of all agencies and departments that participate in wildfire management throughout the county. The resulting document proposed a number of goals and objectives, foremost of which was the preservation of life and property from wildfires. Additionally, this plan outlines a number of actions and recommendations to further reduce the county's susceptibility to wildfires.
Understanding the dynamic nature of both wildfires and Klamath County, planners constructed the Klamath County CWPP with the capacity to be updated and revised regularly. As a result, this plan will continue to serve the changing needs of citizens and local fire management agencies into the foreseeable future.


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Vin Scully, during the sixth inning of tonight's game:
You know, this year, more than many years, I have a great deal of gratitude for all the folks listening on radio and watching on television.
Pitch in for a strike, one and one.
For instance, earlier this year, I learned about a soul patch, that little bit of beard.
One ball, one strike. That's a strike, one and two.
Then, of course, the great discovery. Troy Tulowitzki's hairdo. A mullet! Boy, that — that really put me in line.
So now I know about a soul patch and a mullet.
And then the other night, talked about a tweet. Only I called it a "twit." But I thought it was a twit, since it's Twitter.
A drive to the gap in left center, there's nobody there. It'll drop for a base hit, and holding with the single is Ellis.
So anyway, I'm really up to date now on Twitter. But I do think for all of you folks who are tweeting out there, we gotta get something trending.
Whoa! So maybe we ought to get something trending about A.J. Ellis. And if you do that, you know what? I'm cool. I'm really cool.
Here's Matt Kemp....
Minutes later:
Later that inning:
Five to one Dodgers, two out in the fifth inning and I am absolutely in awe. Awe!
You're looking at A.J. Ellis. Remember when I was talking about my education about the soul patch and the mullet and tweet?
And I thought, Why don't we get something trending? To be honest with you, they told me to say that. I didn't know what to say.
And I said get something trending? A.J. Ellis?
They are trending, twittering, tweeting — you name it — about A.J. Ellis all over the United States.
He's a nice boy.
Oh my.
Cabrera. Alberto Cabrera, who just came up of late....
And in the bottom of the seventh:
Manny Corpas, a veteran reliever, will now become the fourth pitcher for Chicago, facing A.J. Ellis of Twitter fame.
Manny Corpas has certainly been around. Corpas inherited fourteen runners this year; four have scored.
Manny is from Panama City in Panama. He'll be thirty, December the third. Big man, six-three, lean, about one seventy-five and a slider hit to right center and deep. On his horse and watching it go over the wall is DeJesus.
A.J. Ellis! He's really got something trending!
And later that inning:
So, one out. A.J. strapping on the gear, and the batter will be Shane Victorino. Maybe trending had something to do with it. First time in his career? Two home runs.
And in the bottom of the eighth:
That's quite an exhibition. That's a Mike Piazza kind of a night for a catcher. Two home runs and the Dodgers now breezing, and Ellis trending all across the United States. Maybe it's your energy that has done it.
And to explain that headline: from "The Transistor Kid," a Robert Creamer article from Sports Illustrated in 1964:
One day in 1960 Scully did something on the spur of the moment that provided extraordinary evidence of his impact on his audience. It was a fairly drab game, and Scully, as is his habit, was filling in the duller moments with stories and anecdotes and revealing flashes of information. He began talking about the umpiring team, one of whom was Frank Secory. Vin leafed through the record books and cited a few bits and things about Secory. He mentioned his age and then did a double take when he noticed the date of Secory's birth. Over the microphone he said, "Well, what do you know about that? Today is Frank Secory's birthday." And because it was a dull game and because he was acutely aware, as always, that most of the people at the game were listening to him on transistors, he said, "Let's have some fun. As soon as the inning is over I'll count to three, and on three everybody yell, 'Happy birthday, Frank!' "
The inning ended. Scully said, "Ready? One, two, three!" And the crowd roared, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FRANK!" Secory looked up, astounded, and the crowd sat back, bubbling with self-satisfaction.
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Growing up in the 1960s, my dad fought the good fight to teach his children proper English.
That included the use of the word "hey."
Such a harmless word by today's standards, but to this day when I hear someone say, "Hey!" I hear Dad's voice, "Hay is for horses."
How ironic that I would end up living in rural southern Indiana, married to a farmer.
Hay is for horses! And, I've learned, moo-cows.
Hay, it seems, is also for Happy Halloween Weekends:
Eeeeek! I'm thinking even the horses won't be nibbling on this hay bale:
Smaller bales provide safety bumpers for our young farmers as they pedal furiously around their special tractor track.
The fall rains have encouraged new growth on the bales. Wonder if we should bring in some HoliGoats for a quick snack?
Continuing on our agri-tourism theme, we took the concept of a sandbox and went a little corny.
That's right, a Corn Box.
And finally, we have hayrides to take you out to our 12 acres of corn mazes.
Happy Halloween Weekends tickets are available online, discounted to just $24.95 per person ($17.95 for Guests-under-54" and Seniors).
Hey! We hope you can join us!


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The Zentrum Technik und Gesellschaft (ZTG - 'Center for Technology and Society') is an institution of the Technische Universität Berlin which was established to enable research beyond disciplinary boundaries. Since current and future challenges – like climate change, biodiversity or digitalization – are complex, we carry out projects with a broad range of scientists and researchers from various fields, along with individuals, groups and institutions from civil society, business and government.
Our inter- and transdisciplinary perspective integrates social, legal, economic and user-specific concerns into innovation and transformation processes, thus putting technological and planning processes on a broader basis. Due to many years of experience in implementing this type of projects, the ZTG has developed into a competence center for methods of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research. In 2016, the ZTG celebrated its 20th anniversary.
The diverse research activities of the ZTG are reflected in our structure. The six thematic areas in which we explore different fields of action are complemented by three cross-sectional areas that illustrate our social science perspective: participation, innovation and governance and sustainability. We communicate our findings from social scientist research in technology, energy, land use and mobility by publications and events, which address the scientific community as well as actors from different sectors. In this way, the ZTG supports the goal of developing solutions to societal challenges, which is anchored in the mission statement of the TU Berlin and in the TU Berlin's current vision for the future. More about the history and organization of the ZTG can be found in the menu "Profile".
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All the Presidents' Heads
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All the Presidents' Heads | |||||
No. | 111 | ||||
Production number | 6ACV23 | ||||
Written by | Josh Weinstein | ||||
Directed by | Stephen Sandoval | ||||
Title caption | APPLY VIEWING OIL NOW | ||||
First air date | 28 July, 2011 | ||||
Broadcast number | S08E07 | ||||
Title reference | All the President's Men | ||||
Opening cartoon | Zoich (2010) | ||||
Nomination(s) | Annie Award Writing in an Animated Television Production, 2012, Josh Weinstein[1] | ||||
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"All the Presidents' Heads" is the one hundred and eleventh episode of Futurama, the twenty-third of the sixth production season and the seventh of the eighth broadcast season. It aired on 28 July, 2011, on Comedy Central. The crew members alter history when they travel back in time to the American Revolution.
Act I: "You have a night job?"
Fry goes to his night job at the Head Museum, where he feeds the preserved heads of the Presidents of the United States. He invites the Planet Express crew to the museum for a party, where they become drunk and begin ingesting the preservative liquid inside the jars. Doing so causes them and anyone standing nearby to temporarily travel back in time to the eras each head originally came from. Professor Farnsworth reasons that this time travel effect is caused by the rare powdered crystalline opal used to make the liquid, which keeps the heads alive in a temporal bubble. After learning from George Washington's head that one of his own ancestors, David Farnsworth, was one of American history's most nefarious traitors during the American Revolutionary War, Professor Farnsworth becomes determined to salvage his family's reputation. He dumps the world's entire powdered opal supply into Washington's jar and licks the head, transporting himself, Fry, Leela, and Bender back to colonial-era New York.
Act II: "Might be a couple of dead cats in there."
The four learn from the Continental Congress that David Farnsworth works at Benjamin Franklin's print shop in Philadelphia, where David would forge counterfeit money that would threaten to destroy the country's economy should it enter circulation. Though they do not find David at the shop, they discover a fake Massachusetts halfpenny and determine he has gone to Paul Revere's silver shop in Boston. They capture David, and burn his forged money just as Revere begins his ride to alert Lexington of the imminent British attack that would start the American Revolution. However, to fuel the fire, Fry takes one of the two lanterns hung at the Old North Church, causing Revere to wrongly warn of the British attack "by land" rather than "by sea."
Act III: "Just shut up and wait!"
The four are suddenly sent back to 3011 and find that history has been radically altered; Great Britain has won the Revolutionary War and taken over all of North America, turning it into "West Britannia." In this alternate timeline, David Farnsworth killed George Washington and was rewarded with a dukedom, making Professor Farnsworth a noble landowner and consort of the Queen of England. Having depleted the world's crystalline opal supply, Farnsworth despairs that there is no way to travel to the past to fix their mistake, until he notices an opal on the queen's crown. After stealing and crushing it, the four are able to use the preserved head of David Farnsworth to return to colonial times and restore the timeline. Once they return to 3011, everything is restored as it was before history was first altered, with two changes; the Professor is satisfied that his family name is cleared, and hanging in the Head Museum is the Gadsden flag replaced by Bender and a colonial spelling of his catchphrase "Bite my shiny metal ass."
During May of 2011, Countdown to Futurama released three items of promotional material for the episode: concept art of the Planet Express headquarters with a Tudor architecture design on 27 May, concept art of Nibbler wearing an English attire on 28 May, and part of the storyboard showing Professor Farnsworth meet Benjamin Franklin and Paul Revere on 29 May.
To coincide with Sarah Palin mangling the story of Revere's ride, Comedy Central Insider released a video clip featuring the Planet Express crew in the 18th century with Benjamin Franklin and Revere.[2] This was the second video clip of the broadcast season not to be released by Countdown to Futurama, the first being from "Neutopia" and the third being from "Benderama".
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In the original U.S. broadcast on 28 July, 2011, the episode scored a 0.8 share among adults aged 18-49 and 1.493 million total viewers, both up from the previous week.[3]
In its review of the episode, Crave Online called it "good enough", but overall "a middle of the road episode".[4]
Additional Info
- This episode is among the Futurama media featuring its title within the story.
- This episode is one of only five season 6 episodes to include the full opening sequence, the other four being "Rebirth", "That Darn Katz!", "Benderama" and "Yo Leela Leela".
- The opening cartoon is a short film featuring Zoich, an entrant in the mascot contest for the 2014 Winter Olympics. Zoich's design was influenced by the Hypnotoad from Futurama.
- The opening cartoon is the second in the show's history to originate from the modern era, after the clip from the Simpsons short "Making Faces" in "Fry and the Slurm Factory". This does not include the self-references to Futurama in "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings", Bender's Big Score and "Viva Mars Vegas".
- The caption in the opening cartoon reads "БЫСТРЕЕ, ВЫШЕ, СИЛЬНЕЕ" which is Russian for "FASTER, HIGHER, STRONGER"
- "The Late Philip J. Fry" is the seventh episode of broadcast season 7 and involves time travel. "All the Presidents' Heads" is the seventh episode of broadcast season 8 and also involves time travel.
- A few of the American revolutionaries as well as a few of The Redcoats that appear in the documentary also appeared when Fry, Bender and the Professor time travelled through the second universe in "The Late Philip J. Fry".
- In the 1960s, the Andy Warhol painting's soup cans say "Canbell's" instead of "Campbell's", possibly to avoid paying for the use of the Campbell's name, or having to license the painting.
- In the British version of New New York, the Fourth Doctor from Doctor Who can be seen running into a blue police box resembling the TARDIS across the street from Planet Express.
- Coincidentally, in Doctor Who, the Tenth Doctor has visited a city called New New York in two episodes. However, if the city had been more accurately named, it would in fact be "New New New New New New New New New New New New New New New New York" as it was the fifteenth New York.
- Also, in the Hall of Presidents one of the heads is that of Amelia Pond, the Eleventh Doctor's companion.
- It is possibly retconned that Teller's head's jar, seen in Into the Wild Green Yonder, does not use powder crystalline opal, the preservative commonly used for heads in jars, because Teller's head had died, again.
- Each "Franklinator" has a badger on it except Fry's, which has a chipmunk, and Bender's, which has a shark.
- Bender is 40% scrap metal, revealing more of his supersized composition.
- This may or may not change the total values of his composition as scrap metal can be any metal.
- Philo Taylor Farnsworth is the name of a real life inventor. He didn't invent television nor the childhood obesity that came with it, but the first all-electronic televisor.
- In the episode, Paul Revere yells out "The British are coming!" during his ride. In real life, Revere relayed the message that "The Regulars are coming" discretely to other dispatch riders, because his route contained many military patrols and American loyalists.
- Throughout the episode, the halfpenny is referred to by its colloquial pronunciation of "ha'penny".
- Leela tells John Hancock that she is from Peru, after he notices that she has only one eye. The 1940 film Dr. Cyclops is set in Peru.
- The Professor also calls Fry a dope in the twenty-third episode of the seventh production season, "Game of Tones".
- The song that plays during the party scene is "El Sonidito" by Hechizeros Band.
- Early in the episode, the Professor is showing a holographic image of his family tree to the crew. Amy asks where Fry is on the family tree, and the Professor indicates a branch which is covered in fungus and dung beetles. The branch snaps off of the hologram and falls onto Fry, who had been sleeping. Immediately upon waking, Fry notices the dung beetles and asks, "What's with the seventeen dung beetles?" This is an allusion to Savant Syndrome (a condition often associated with autism spectrum disorders in which people with developmental disabilities have profound mental abilities in some areas) as seen in the movie Rain Man. The joke gets its humor from the fact that Fry is not considered to be very intelligent, especially compared to the Professor, but nonetheless appears to have an unrecognized intelligence, in his ability to count things almost instantly.
- FDR's head says, "We have nothing to fear but running out of beer." This is a reference to his first inauguration speech, "So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. "
- Scruffy, Hermes, Leela, and Bender chant, "Four more beers! Four more beers!" This is a parody of a presidential chant, "Four more years! Four more years!" after a President is about to finish his first term.
- Prior to drinking Lyndon B. Johnson's jar juice, Zoidberg asks, "Hey, hey, LBJ. You wanna get drunk?" which is a reference to an infamous anti-war protest chant, "Hey, hey, LBJ. How many kids did you kill today?"
- Wall Footpath Journal is a reference to The Wall Street Journal and the fact that it was found on a footpath.
- The map on the wall of the Convention is the famed Mitchell Map.
- Upon entering Boston in 1775, there is a sign saying the groundbreaking of the Big Dig is tomorrow. The Big Dig was the most expensive highway project in the United States and was plagued with rising costs, construction problems, and was completed 10 years behind schedule.
- When the British version of the Planet Express headquarters is first shown, the TARDIS can be seen on the sidewalk, as a double decker hoverbus drops off the Fourth Doctor next to it, who runs inside. This is an obvious reference to the British TV show Doctor Who.
- British Hermes is wearing a Manhattan United shirt, a reference to Manchester United F.C..
- Some references are made in the third act to the television series Monty Python's Flying Circus.
- When Zoidsmythe is walking towards the screen to turn on the documentary, he is walking in the same manner as John Cleese from the famous "The Ministry of Silly Walks" sketch.
- The part of the documentary recalling Paul Revere's ride is done in the style of Terry Gilliam's animations on the series. Coincidentally, he is the one American member of the cast.
- In that part of the documentary, Revere is referred to as "Wrong-Way Revere," a possible refrence to the Python sketch "Mr and Mrs Brian Norris' Ford Popular", where Mr Norris is later referred to as "Wrong-Way Norris".
- Zoidsmythe says he is going to turn on "the Beeb", an old nickname for the BBC.
- In 3011 in the altered timeline, David Farnsworth says he is married to one of the Spice Girls. The Spice Girls were a popular English pop group in the late 90's.
- Bender's redesigned flag of the United States saying "Bite my fhiny metal aff" and Fry's misreading "Maffachufetf" allude to the character long s (ſ) that was in common use at the time of the American Revolution.
- As is often the case in popular modern reconstructions, the long s is not used properly in spelling "Congress": two of the long 's's are used for the doubled letter, where originally it would have been spelled "Congreſs"—this usage is exactly what led to double-'s's being rendered as 'ß' in modern German.
- When Fry enters the head museum for his night job, Dr. Cahill calls Fry "Lars". This is understandable since Lars used to assist her in the head museum, and Lars and Fry were revealed to be the same person in "Bender's Big Score".
- The Continental Congress declared New Jersey to be the official joke state, another in the show's long line of jabs at the state.
- This is the second time Bender has referred to Massachusetts as "Taxachusetts", the first being in "Proposition Infinity", with Space Massachusetts instead of Earth Massachusetts. This is a reference to Massachusetts' supposed high tax rates.
- The device that the Professor uses to show Ronald Reagan his family tree is the same device that Dr. Banjo uses to display mankind's evolution in "A Clockwork Origin".
- During the attack on David Farnsworth, Fry and Leela use the same "helmets" they used in "Fear of a Bot Planet" for their disguise as robots but this time the pan is on Leela's head.
- After Fry takes a lantern from the church, making Paul Revere think the British were coming by land, the Professor says to Fry that he "really screwed the granny this time", a reference to Fry's history-changing actions in "Roswell that Ends Well".
- After knocking out David Farnsworth, the Professor says "Let's burn these counterfeits and paddle the next swan boat the hell out of Boston." Swan boats are also mentioned by Fry in "Time Keeps on Slippin'", where they are said to actually just be swans.
- In "Roswell that Ends Well", Bender tells Fry not to change history as he doesn't want to have to memorize a lot of new kings. His fears are justified, after changing history in this episode and before correcting it, there are indeed a lot of new kings.
- Benjamin Franklin attaches his kite string to Bender, redirecting lightning in order to supercharge his speed; however, in "Hell Is Other Robots", it's demonstrated that being subjected to electricity causes Bender to get high and hallucinate. One possible explanation for this is that only Alternating Current forms of electricity such as man-made outlet power cause robots to get high while Direct Current forms of electricity such as lightning cause robots to supercharge. This would mean that the electrical storm the Planet Express crew encountered in "Hell Is Other Robots" was a rare naturally occurring form of AC electricity.
- It's revealed in this episode that drinking head jar liquid sends the person back to when the head's owner lived. However, in "A Leela of Her Own", Hank Aaron XXIV drank some jar liquid from Wade Boggs' jar and nothing happened.
- That jar may not have had crystalline opal in it.
- Dr. Cahill claims that no one knows why the mineral used works, but a few seconds later the Professor explains that it has unusual temporal properties, and then explains why after only having seconds to think about it. Admittedly Dr. Cahill is never portrayed as smart, but surely some other scientist would have figured it out.
- It is possible that she did not know about anyone else knowing.
- Before Fry went on the head trip to 1775, he was wearing his Head Museum uniform. When he returned after fixing the timelines, he was in his normal clothes.
- At first when they drink the head jar liquid, they go to the same place as they were when they traveled, but when they return after Fry ruins history, they arrive where they drank the juice, even though they travel miles away.
- It is stated that North America is still under British rule, but Hermes (a Jamaican), Amy (a Martian of Chinese descent), and most surprisingly Zoidberg (a Decapodian), become British too.
- Jamaica was a British possession until 1962, so it could still be British in the alternate timeline along with North America. Also, there are many people with foreign ethnic backgrounds who were born and raised in Britain thus making them British.
- As well as Jamaica, Hong Kong (now part of China) was a British possession until 1997.
- During the fight with David Farnsworth, they burn off Bender's antenna when using him as a cannon, but in the next scene he still has it.
- It's not hard to believe Bender has many built-in backup pieces.
- The Professor states they can't go back because they used up all the mineral, but as they changed history, they never would have gone back, so the mineral would still be there, admittedly this explains why it does appear again, but why this didn't occur to the professor is unknown.
- The Professor's senility can be an explanation.
- Several times, Paul Revere refers to (and insults) the soldiers as British. However, many colonists still considered themselves as British and subjects of the king. Self-identification was near-evenly split between those who considered themselves American and those who were British.
- "America the Dutiful" starts off as a shoddy re-enactment, but soon starts showing the actual events of 1775.
- The flags on the British ships during the ride of "wrong-way Revere" resemble the modern flag, which was not used until 1801. The flag used in 1775 did not include the red diagonals of St. Patrick's Cross of Ireland.
- The counterfeit money shown by Washington spells "Massachusetts" as "Maffachufetts" in an attempt to use the long "s" (ſ), but incorrectly includes crosshatches, turning them into "f" characters. Fry thinks they're "f", and Franklin corrects him, but they really are "f". "ſ" has no cross-bar. Long "s's" also don't appear after one another, but rather a long "s", followed by an "s" (e.g. "ſs").
- In some fonts, including Courier New, ſ has a crossbar on the left side, but not the right. (e.g. "ſ")
- The crystalline opal is said to keep the heads in the head jars alive, but there is currently no opal left when the timeline is returned to normal in 3011 and they are not dead.
- Given that in the British alternate timeline the world's opal supply was still extant, and that the timeline they ended the episode on also differed from the initial one, it's no stretch to imagine they settled in a timeline with a surplus.
- In the British alternate timeline, Scruffy calls Professor Farnsworth "My Lord"; however, a duke would actually be addressed as "Your Grace".
- John Adams
- Amy
- Sharon Anders' head
- Chester A. Arthur's head
- Chester Z. Arthur's head
- Cheryl Au's head
- Tyler Barnette's head
- Bender
- Montgomery Black's head
- George H. W. Bush's head
- George W. Bush's head
- Dr. Cahill
- Jimmy Carter's head
- Andrea Cha's head
- Oscar Chang's head
- Colin Chivey's head
- Grover Cleveland's head
- Bill Clinton's head
- Susan Cohu's head
- Calvin Coolidge's head
- Ashlee Douglas' head
- Tim Dylan's head
- Dwight D. Eisenhower's head
- Benjamin Franklin
- Debut: David Farnsworth
- Debut: Dr. Dean Farnsworth
- Debut: Philo Farnsworth
- Professor Farnsworth
- John Farrell's head
- Millard Fillmore's head
- Gerald Ford's head
- Fourth Doctor
- Fry
- Bob Glass' head
- Debut: Lisa Gessner's head
- Alexander Hamilton
- Debut: John Hancock
- Warren Harding's head
- Owen Harper's head
- Rutherford B. Hayes' head
- Hermes
- Alex Hoshi's head
- Herbert Hoover's head
- Andrew Jackson's head
- Thomas Jefferson's head
- Debut: Simon Lee's head
- Debut: Lyndon B. Johnson's head
- Henry Kissinger's head
- Debut: Alan Krum's head
- Nathan Krumholtz's head
- Lars (mentioned in speech only)
- Debut: Simon Lee's head
- Leela
- Abraham Lincoln's head
- Debut: Louisa
- Debut: Ruby Lyman's head
- James Madison's head
- Debut: Summer Maher's head
- Debut: Liz Mansen's head
- David McDonald's head
- Debut: Bob Meyers' head
- Kasey Miller's head
- Walter Mondale's head
- Nibbler
- Jeffrey Perez's head
- Franklin Pierece's head
- James K. Polk's head
- Amelia Pond's head
- Debut: The Queen of England, America and two parking spaces in Tokyo
- Ronald Reagan's head
- Debut: Paul Revere
- Franklin D. Roosevelt's head
- Theodore Roosevelt's head
- Scruffy
- Debut: Inara Serra's head
- Smitty
- William Howard Taft's head
- Debut: Adam Tocaver's head
- Debut: David Torres' head
- John Tyler's head
- Martin Van Buren's head
- Debut: Loius Vern's head
- Quincy Wagstaff's head
- Debut: Andy Warhol
- George Washington's head
- Debut: Zoe Washburne's head
- Dr. Zoidberg/Zoidsmythe
- Debut: Ben Franklin's print shop
- Boston
- Debut: Broadway
- Charlotte (mentioned in speech only)
- Columbus Circus (mentioned in text only, unknown moment)
- Debut: Dunkin' Crumpets
- England (mentioned in speech only)
- Debut: Farningworthshire
- Fifth Avenue
- Debut: Foundry
- Georgia (mentioned in text only, unknown moment)
- The Hall of Presidents
- Debut: Harrods
- The Head Museum
- Debut: The Hitchcock Memorial
- Lexington (mentioned in speech only)
- Louisa (mentioned in speech only)
- Maribel (mentioned in speech only)
- Massachusetts
- The moon
- New Jersey (mentioned in speech only)
- North Carolina (mentioned in text only, unknown moment)
- Old New York
- Debut: The Old North Church
- Peru (mentioned in speech only)
- Debut: Philadelphia
- The Planet Express conference room
- The Planet Express hangar
- The Planet Express headquarters
- South Carolina (mentioned in text only, unknown moment)
- Tokyo (mentioned in speech only)
- Virginia (mentioned in text only, unknown moment)
- Debut: West Britannia
- ^ 2011 Annie Awards Nominations (PDF). (The Annie Awards.) Retrieved on 06 December 2011.
- ^ Has Sarah Palin Already Seen the New Season of Futurama?
- ^ Seidman, Robert (29 July 2011). "Thursday Cable Ratings: 'Suits' Tops Night in Demo + 'Burn Notice,' 'Project Runway,' 'Wilfred,' 'Futurama,' 'Louie' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved on 30 July 2011.
- ^ Blair Marnell (29 July 2011). FUTURAMA 6.20 'All the Presidents' Heads'. (CraveOnline.) Retrieved on 12 March 2012.


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IDEX, the world's most popular decentralized exchange, is to transition to a full verification model. The move comes days after the platform began excluding residents of New York State as part of its compliance efforts. Its latest measure, described by IDEX as "pragmatic decentralization" has drawn ire from a segment of the cryptocurrency community.
Also read: China Updates Crypto Ranking, Downgrades BTC Further
IDEX Goes Full KYC
A cryptocurrency exchange introducing know your customer (KYC) requirements is not generally headline news. When the platform in question is a decentralized exchange (DEX), however, typically one of the last outposts of privacy, it's a major talking point. IDEX's decision will be monitored closely by the cryptocurrency community to see whether it is an isolated incident or the shape of things to come. IDEX's dominant position within the DEX market, capturing around 7x the trading volume of its nearest competitor, means it exerts significant influence.
Explaining its transition to a full KYC model, IDEX wrote: "Decentralization exists on a spectrum, and unless your system or application lacks any centralized parts it can be subject to regulation. Aurora is working to create a fully-decentralized financial system, but the path to getting there requires significantly more control and centralization than the end state. In addition to IP blocking, IDEX will be implementing KYC/AML policies in order to comply with sanctions and money laundering laws."
Same Security, Less Privacy
Traders tend to use decentralized exchanges for three reasons: custody (they retain control of their funds at all times, mitigating the likelihood of theft), privacy (no KYC means not having to disclose your activities to the authorities, or risk having your identity stolen) and finally to gain access to desirable tokens before they make it into a major exchange. With the privacy element removed from the equation, all that's left is the marginal benefit of greater security and the equally slender benefit of accessing newly unlocked tokens.
Profiting from trading IDEX tokens is extremely difficult in the current market climate, and the added inconvenience of needing to register for the privilege may be the last straw for many traders. Trading volume and the number of active users have both dropped sharply since IDEX announced its new KYC policy a day ago, though it is too early to conclusively link the two events. In the coming weeks, a clearer picture should emerge of the effect that IDEX's new policy has had on the platform's trading activity.
First Shapeshift, Now IDEX
In the closing remarks to its lengthy blogpost on "pragmatic decentralization," IDEX referenced Shapeshift, the cryptocurrency-changing service which was also forced to go full KYC recently, under pressure from U.S. regulators. It concluded:
Over the next few months IDEX will begin instituting KYC procedures for all users to comply with both AML and sanctions laws. Like other exchanges, IDEX will have tiers which correlate with the amount of funds users are able to move through the service. Those trading a small amount of funds will be required to provide a minimal amount of information, while those who wish to trade larger amounts will need to undergo additional KYC steps.
There is an emerging trend for cryptocurrency exchanges that are accessible from the U.S. to kowtow to regulatory pressure out of fear or threat of being shut down. For now, there remain other decentralized platforms and protocols where cryptocurrency users can ply their trade. The question is for how long.
What are your thoughts on IDEX introducing KYC? Let us know in the comments section below.
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John Deere Announces 2013 Gator™ Heavy-Duty XUV Models
Multi-Passenger XUV 825i S4 Makes Debut and Current Two-Seat Models Upgraded
CARY, N.C. (Feb. 5, 2013) — John Deere introduces its 2013 Heavy-Duty Crossover Utility Vehicle (XUV) lineup. Featuring the all-new, fastest, most powerful four-seat Gator available, plus updates to current models.
All New Four-Seat Gator XUV
Outdoor enthusiasts sharing the trail or work site can now transport friends, family and gear in the all-new, heavy-duty XUV 825i S4. The latest addition to the Gator family provides the durability and versatility owners expect around their property or off-road destination.
"The introduction of the XUV 825i S4 is a reflection of the growing popularity of our crossover utility vehicles," said David Gigandet, marketing manager. "Customers wanted our heavy-duty XUV, in a multi-passenger form that was comfortable and customizable. These new Gators provide an unparalleled balance of performance and work capability for all off-road challenges."
To allow for extra passengers or needed cargo space, the XUV 825i S4 provides an innovative, convertible rear seat cargo space. Two additional passengers can be transported in the rear seat area that includes a large under-seat storage compartment. And when more cargo room is needed, the rear seat folds down in just seconds providing a flat platform with tie-down points that can hold an additional 200 pounds of payload.
The XUV 825i S4 boasts the proven 50 hp, 812 cc, inline 3-cylinder engine with EFI and dual overhead cams featured in the current 825i. This Gator also has a top-speed of 44 mph and fully locking 4-wheel drive system to quickly traverse all types of terrain. A best-in-class, fully independent, double wishbone suspension provides 8 inches of wheel travel and up to 11 inches of ground clearance. Power steering, with anti-kickback feature comes standard on these new S4 models providing operators easy vehicle control with only modest effort regardless of conditions.
The durable, composite and metal hybrid cargo box carries on the Gator tradition of superior hauling capability on the S4 models. The large 16.4 cubic feet cargo box has a 1,000 pound payload capacity. It features over 20 integrated tie-down points, a truck-style tailgate and removable sides for a flatbed mode.
The new Heavy-Duty S4 is also available with diesel power. The XUV 855D S4 is powered by a 23 hp, liquid cooled 3-cylinder diesel engine.
2013 XUV Line Updates
The XUV 825i now comes standard with dynamic downhill engine breaking, due to a new tight belt continuous variable transmission (CVT). Plus, a new seven-gallon fuel tank with digital readout on the dash adds 40 percent more fuel capacity and eliminates the analog dial. The XUV 625i and XUV 855D will also feature these upgrades, as well as the digital display cluster from the 825i as standard equipment. Power steering is now optional for both the 825i and 855D models.
"Constant focus on our customers enables us deliver ongoing improvements like this to our portfolio of XUVs," said Gigandet.
All Gator XUVs are available in Realtree® Hardwoods™ HD Camo, olive and black or John Deere green and yellow color schemes. There are also more than 100 factory and dealer installed attachments available to customize them.
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